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This presentation is an envrionmental scan of the search engine industry and commercial information service providers. It aims at providing an alternative perspective in answering the question of where libraries should go next in the new digital age. This presentation is part of a panel discussion for the Digital Library and Information Systems Team of the University of Arizona Libraries.

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Thesis (M.S.)--Rochester Institute of Technology, 1996. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references.

Written, edited and published in a networked environment, the networked book makes the process of collaboration between its authors and readers visible. This collaboration is recorded in the peripheries of the text through a record of interactions, shared ideas, conversations and annotations and becomes part of the book. The presence of this documentation of the collaborative process challenges the traditionally held positions of author and reader and produces a new form of collaborative work. The divisions between the author, reader and the text become blurred as the book in the networked environment moves from being a physical product and the process of its creation becomes a collaborative experience. Authorship becomes an activity of exchange as the networked book champions the idea that multiple authors can take part in textual production. This thesis uses Gerard Genette’s theory of paratextual analysis to examine in depth the peripheries of three networked books; A Million Penguins, The Golden Notebook Project and Paddlesworth Press. It argues that the paratexts of the networked book are where the dialogues between authors and readers are located and an in depth examination of these is crucial for an understanding of how the process of their collaboration is made visible. Using this approach, the thesis examines and identifies the thresholds between author, reader and text. The text of each of the three case studies is examined as a space where authors and readers communicate through an analysis of behaviour, an identification of roles and a consideration of hierarchies in the collaborative process. The thresholds, boundaries, freedoms and restrictions of both the author and reader positions are explored. The collaborative experience of textual production is one of multiplicity; there is no one author, reader or text and the thesis concludes that a networked book is a book about the dialogue between author and reader and that these dialogues become part of the book.

Diese Arbeit beschaeftigt sich mit dem Softwarepaket Adobe Acrobat fuer Windows 3.xx. Die ersten Kapitel geben eine Uebersicht ueber die Komponenten Reader, Exchange und Distiller. Dabei werden alle angebotenen Funktionen und Moeglichkeiten dieser Komponenten erlaeutert. Weiterhin erfolgt eine Gegenueberstellung der Formatbeschreibungen PDF und Postscript. Abschliessend habe ich die gebotenen Moeglichkeiten des Softwarepaketes untersucht und bewertet. Zur Untermalung meiner Ergebnisse wurden im Rahmen meiner Studienarbeit zwei Beispieldokumente erarbeitet. Alle erstellten Dokumente sind als Postscript-Dateien erhaeltlich.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Kentucky, 2001. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains vi, 179 p. : ill. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-179).

This paper discusses user needs for a system that indexes tables and figures culled from scientific journal articles. These findings are taken from a comprehensive investigation into scientistsâ satisfaction with and use of a tables and figures retrieval prototype. Much previous research has examined the usability and features of digital libraries and other online retrieval systems that retrieve either full-text of journal articles, traditional article-level abstracts, or both. In contrast, this paper examines the needs of users directly searching for and accessing discrete journal article components â figures, tables, graphs, maps, and photographs â that have been individually indexed.

The likely alternatives for Scientifc journal publishing under the various proposed systems of open access are presented. The prediction is made that the dominance of conventional journals will end between 2007 and 2009.

The number of electronic journals has grown steadily in the 1990s. A large part of this increase has been in scholarly or academic electronic journals. Some academics are very aware of these trends in scholarly communication and participate actively in their production. Other academics remain unaware of these new trends. This study examines two related issues -- 1. What is the growth rate of these scholarly electronic journals? 2. What are the factors which affect acceptance or resistance toward electronic journals among academics? Is it possible to discover a difference between disciplines for these factors of acceptance or resistance? Information or answers to these issues will help academic librarians and researchers anticipate trends in serials collection and subscription, and help in financial planning and budgeting. Two methodologies are used: 1) the collection of numbers, and 2) the use of a survey. The research project will collect information on the number of scholarly electronic journals, newsletters, and other electronic communications, as they have changed over time, in order to show trends and growth rates. A questionnaire will be developed to provide information on the factors of acceptance or resistance among scholars toward electronic journals.